Everton manager Carlo Ancelotti insisted his side are still in the fight for European qualification despite conceding a late leveller to Crystal Palace.

Palace substitute Michy Batshuayi equalised in the 86th minute, placing the ball beyond Robin Olsen into the bottom corner.

Returning from injury, Everton's James Rodriguez had given the Toffees a deserved lead with a superb right-footed strike in the 56th minute.

Afterwards, Ancelotti said, "This is the game. We had a lot of chances. We were not clinical in front of the goal. We could deserve to win but this is football.

"We were better of course, James put more quality up front. Our strikers are usually clinical in front of goal, were not and this is the reason for the point.

"We hope next game they will be more clinical. We lost two points and that could be important for the fight for Europe. There is a lot of competition in front of us.

"We improved for sure, we had better quality."